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ESCUDERO TOPS SAINT COLUMBAN COLLEGE MOCK POLLS

Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero strengthened his position as the top favorite of students to win the senatorial elections on May 9 after 67.7% of the respondents picked him in the mock polls conducted by Saint Columban College in Pagadian City. Escudero, the only incumbent governor running for senator, landed the top spot among more than 60 […]

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BRING BPO COMPANIES TO MINDANAO – ESCUDERO

Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero urged business process outsourcing (BPO) companies to consider setting up more offices in Mindanao to boost employment in the region. Escudero noted that the BPO industry was the most resilient during the pandemic, creating 23,000 new jobs in 2020 while other businesses laid-off workers or shut down […]

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POSTPONE BRGY ELECTIONS TO 2024 – ESCUDERO

Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero is in favor of postponing the December 2022 Barangay Elections to 2024 so the government can start desynchronizing barangay and local elections. “Papaburan ko ang postponement ng barangay elections—hindi simpleng postponement lang pero dapat i-desynchronize na sa taon kung saan may local elections. Ang aking layunin ay hindi lamang anim na […]

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LAYLO SENATE RACE SURVEY RANKS ESCUDERO 4TH-6TH

Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero, who is seeking a Senate return, remains one of the leading candidates according to the recent Laylo senatorial survey less than two weeks before the national elections on May 9. Escudero, who served two full terms in the Senate from 2007-2019, was preferred by 39 percent of 3,000 likely voters who […]

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ESCUDERO REMAINS DZRH SURVEY’S TOP 2 SENATE CHOICE

Senatorial candidate and incumbent Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero maintained his tight grip on the second spot in the latest nationwide pre-election survey of preferred senators conducted by radio station DZRH less than three weeks before the May 9 Elections. He was picked by 44.16% of 7,560 respondents polled in the MB-DZRH Pre-election Survey. The result […]

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ESCUDERO TO SCHOOLS: ACCEPT UNVAXXED STUDENTS

Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero warned public schools not to turn away unvaccinated students as the country’s education system prepares for in-person classes. Escudero, who is seeking a return to the Senate, made the call as the Department of Education (DepEd) launched an early registration for the academic year 2022-2023. The pre-registration, which began on March […]

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VOTING ON MAY 9 IS AN ACT OF HEROISM – ESCUDERO

Turning the spotlight on voters, not candidates a month before the May 9 Elections, Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero said the biggest act of heroism Filipinos can do this year is to participate in the electoral process and exercise their right to vote. Escudero said that amid the noise of the political campaign, people should look […]

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ESCUDERO EYES SHELTERS FOR LGBT HOMELESS

Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero said he hopes to replicate the establishment of a shelter for the elderly and abandoned members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community in every local government unit (LGU) across the country, similar to what he is doing now in his home province. Sorsogon is already preparing the site […]

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PH NEEDS MORE INTERFAITH CEMETERIES – ESCUDERO

Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero plans to create interfaith cemeteries nationwide, which he hopes to institutionalize through a legislation that he will introduce if he wins again a Senate seat in the May Elections. According to Escudero, the idea is to put all people of faith under one roof in every province and municipality across the […]

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ESCUDERO RANKS HIGH IN OCTA SURVEY FOR SENATOR

Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero is one of the top senatorial candidates preferred in the latest opinion polls conducted by research group OCTA ahead of the May 9 National Elections. If elections were held during the survey period from March 5 to 10, 63% of the respondents said they would vote for Escudero, a veteran lawmaker […]